Former Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson asked the news media Friday to soften the tone of its political coverage, which Carson said would lead to greater unity in the U.S.
“We just have to sort of ignore those people who are always trying to stir up strife,” Carson said Friday in Palm Beach, Fla., during a press conference where he endorsed Donald Trump.
“And I’m appealing to some degree to the media as well,” he said. “You know, you’re part of America, too, and should be interested in strengthening our nation, not in creating divisions, not in creating conflicts all the time.”
He said that “everybody will benefit from” having “that American attitude, that American spirit that made us great that took us to the pinnacle in no time at all.”
Carson suspended his own bid for the GOP nomination last week with his poll numbers in the single digits and not having won a single primary contest.
The Carson campaign seemed to suffer from the candidate’s aversion to taking an aggressive tone against his rivals during an election dominated by the loud and angry voices of Trump and, on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders.
